The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 8
... style , and particularly that of dialogue ; and at the end of every sentence let the reader ask himself this question : How should I utter this were I speaking it as my own immediate sentiment ? In that case , on what words should I lay ...
... style , and particularly that of dialogue ; and at the end of every sentence let the reader ask himself this question : How should I utter this were I speaking it as my own immediate sentiment ? In that case , on what words should I lay ...
Page 11
... style , and as some stain their hair to look young , he discolours his to appear old . Being informed of the character of these historians , we passed on , and saw seated beneath a group of trees the seven sages , so celebrated in ...
... style , and as some stain their hair to look young , he discolours his to appear old . Being informed of the character of these historians , we passed on , and saw seated beneath a group of trees the seven sages , so celebrated in ...
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... style of oratory , which shines , without dazzling , and charms , rather than excites astonishment or kindles enthusiasm , we are extensively gifted and eminently excel . There have been , perhaps , brighter luminaries , but not a ...
... style of oratory , which shines , without dazzling , and charms , rather than excites astonishment or kindles enthusiasm , we are extensively gifted and eminently excel . There have been , perhaps , brighter luminaries , but not a ...
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... style . But of the innovations , which , he has hazarded in his “ Thalaba , " we doubt somewhat of the pro- priety . This our readers will readily allow to be very natural , when they reflect , that we are orthodox believers in the ...
... style . But of the innovations , which , he has hazarded in his “ Thalaba , " we doubt somewhat of the pro- priety . This our readers will readily allow to be very natural , when they reflect , that we are orthodox believers in the ...
Page 81
... style . Hence , the feeble pleonasms and idle repetitions , which deform their pages . If we would have our compositions vigorous and masculine in their tone , let EVERY WORD TELL , and when we detect ourselves polishing off a sentence ...
... style . Hence , the feeble pleonasms and idle repetitions , which deform their pages . If we would have our compositions vigorous and masculine in their tone , let EVERY WORD TELL , and when we detect ourselves polishing off a sentence ...
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